denouncements
Formal harsh criticisms
Denouncements are public declarations condemning someone or something.
The word is a less common variant of denunciations, carrying the same force of formal accusation or censure: The denouncements came swiftly after the scandal broke.
Political denouncements target opponents; moral denouncements target behavior deemed wrong.
Judgment of faults
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
- castigationSevere verbal criticism
vilification · excoriation · damnation · invective · tirade · denunciation · condemnation · scorn
Assertion lacking proof
- chargeCost or accusation
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
- blameAssign responsibility for wrongdoing
impeachment · prosecution · testimony · evidence · guilt · arraignment · slander · libel
Loud public protest
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- rallyGathering for a cause
- marchRhythmic group walk
- petitionFormal written appeal
boycott · demonstration · statement · press conference · editorial · manifesto · proclamation · declaration
Formal refusal to accept
- disavowalRejection of connection
- abjurationSworn repudiation of allegiance
- disowningFormally rejecting association
- retractionFormal withdrawal of statement
abandonment · apostasy · defection · recantation · forswearing · disclaimer
criticism
Judgment of faults
- censureFormal institutional disapproval
- rebukeExpress sharp disapproval
- reproachExpression of disappointment
castigation · vilification · excoriation · damnation · invective · tirade · denunciation · condemnation · scorn · opprobrium
allegation
Assertion lacking proof
- chargeCost or accusation
- indictmentFormal charge from jury
- incriminationSuggesting someone's guilt
blame · impeachment · prosecution · testimony · evidence · guilt · arraignment · slander · libel · defamation
outcry
Loud public protest
petition · boycott · demonstration · statement · press conference · editorial · manifesto · proclamation · declaration · speech
repudiation
Formal refusal to accept
- disavowalRejection of connection
- abjurationSworn repudiation of allegiance
- disowningFormally rejecting association
retraction · abandonment · apostasy · defection · recantation · forswearing · disclaimer
- French RevolutionBastille, guillotine, Robespierre, French Revolution, Marie Antoinette
- Inquisitioninquisition, heretic, inquisitors, heretics, heresy trial
- Soviet cultureagitprop, Pravda, propaganda art, revolutionary art, samizdat
- Soviet RepressionStalin, NKVD, gulag, gulags, Great Purge
denouncementsendorsements
Formal declarations of support
commendations · accolades · acclamations · tributes · laudations
denouncementsdefenses
Means of protection
vindications · exonerations · justifications · apologies · absolutions